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TIL that door knobs made out of brass automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours through the oligodynamic effect

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vkpK TIL that “Kevin” is seen in Germany as a low-class name. In a phenomenon known as “Kevinismus”, those with the name reportedly experience discrimination; a joke claims that “Only druggies and East Germans are named Kevin”.
0wE11 TIL Perry Farrell, frontman for Jane's Addiction, is the only person who has performed at all twelve Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals to date, having appeared under five different names.
P15Dg TIL that the longest recorded case of hiccups lasted for 68 years! Charles Osborne from Iowa started hiccuping in 1922 and continued until 1990, hiccuping an estimated 430 million times during that period. His hiccups finally stopped one year before his death in 1991.
VBRG4 TIL Boeing used depleted uranium plates as counterweights in its 747 airplanes and some helicopters. While relatively safe, some of these plates have been lost. They stopped using it completely in 1981.
dDV0j TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech.